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	<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Partnering with God: Our Missional Mandate</title>
		<link>http://nazareneblogs.org/courageousconversations/2010/03/11/partnering-with-godour-missional-mandate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Althea Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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In 2007, I wrote an article on Compassion stating that compassion is an essential element of what it means to be Christlike in the world. The Church of the Nazarene’s identity is rooted in compassion and justice. For more than 100 years we have found ourselves either in the center of compassionate responses to those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Justice: What does it mean?</title>
		<link>http://nazareneblogs.org/courageousconversations/2009/02/11/social-justice-what-does-it-mean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Althea Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few days I have had some interesting conversations around the use of the term Social Justice.  Some are strong proponents of the use of the term while others have said that while they agree with what it means conservative evangelicals have issues with the term and what it may connote.
What are your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Will Respond?</title>
		<link>http://nazareneblogs.org/courageousconversations/2009/01/31/who-will-respond/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Althea Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The following excerpt was written by David Hilfiker:
He is a medical doctor, writer, author, and actively served in of our Compassionate Ministry Centers, Community of Hope - Washington DC, in its early days.
 
By David Hilfiker
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have too much; it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GUILT by Association</title>
		<link>http://nazareneblogs.org/courageousconversations/2009/01/15/guilt-by-association/</link>
		<comments>http://nazareneblogs.org/courageousconversations/2009/01/15/guilt-by-association/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Althea Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As a child my parents always admonished, “Choose your friends wisely”. At other times, they would remind me, “you are known by the company you keep”. As I grew and learned for myself, I came to understand that their words of advice were another way of teaching me consequences of guilt by association. It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Justice – Whose Responsibility Is It Anyway?</title>
		<link>http://nazareneblogs.org/courageousconversations/2008/12/03/social-justice-%e2%80%93-whose-responsibility-is-it-anyway/</link>
		<comments>http://nazareneblogs.org/courageousconversations/2008/12/03/social-justice-%e2%80%93-whose-responsibility-is-it-anyway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Althea Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Does the Church, in all its forms (compassionate ministry centers included) have a responsibility to address or advocate for social justice in society?  Many believe that our civic structure demands a separation of Church and State. Yet, Scripture says “This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steering Compassionate Ministries</title>
		<link>http://nazareneblogs.org/courageousconversations/2008/10/17/31/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Althea Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog is a new venture for me, much like my current role at the Global Ministry Center here in Lenexa.  Although I have been here for a little more than a year, I have intentionally spent the first year traveling to meet many of you (both Compassionate Ministry Centers and Churches) and learn [...]]]></description>
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